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RULES  AND  ORDERS 


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AN  ACT  TO  EXTEND  AND  AMEND  THE  TRO VISIONS  OF 
THE  "FIREMAN'S  PROTECTION  ACT,  1860." 


SAN    FRANCISCO: 

TOWNE    it    RACON,    IJOOK,   CARD    AND    JOB    PRINTERS. 

1862. 


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LIST  OF  OFFICERS. 


John  Dicksox Chief  Engineer. 

John  Malowancut Assistant    " 

David  W.  Higgins Tresident. 

Jas.  S.  Drummond Secrerary. 

Jas.  a.  McCrea Treasurer. 

BOABD    OF    DELEGATES. 
Deluge  Engine  Co.,  No.  1. 

Jas.  S.  Drummond,  James  P.  Iloctcr, 

Alexander  Clink. 

Tiger  Engine  Co.,  No.  2. 

David  W.  Higj^^ips,  Clias.  C.  Cushmau, 

William  A.  Nixon. 

Hook  and  Ladder  Co.,  No.  1. 
Jas.  A.  McCrea,    'J,  Frank  Parrett. 

TKUSTEES»  CHARITABLE  FUND. 


Edward  H.  Jackson, 


John  D.  Carroll, 


Alfred  Waddington. 


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AN    ACT 

To  Extend  and  Amend  the  Provisions  of  the  "Fireman's 
Protrrtion  Act,  1860." 

Whereas,  the  provisions  of  the  "Fireman's  Pro- 
tection Act,  I860,"  arc  by  the  said  Act  declared  to  be 
in  force  for  tlie  space  of  one  year  only  from  the  pass- 
age thereof; 

And,  whereas,  it  is  expedient  to  re-enact  and 
amend  the  same — 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Governor  on  Her  Majesty's 
behalf,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Legislative 
Council  and  Assembly  of  Vancouver  Island  and  its 
Dependencies,  as  follows  : 

I.  The  Fire  Department  of  the  Town  of  Victoria 
shall  be  organized  in  the  manner  following. 

II.  The  Fire  Department  shall  consist  of  the  ex- 
isting Fire  Comi)anies,  and  such  other  Companies  as 
may  be  from  time  to  time  admitted,  pursuant  to  the 
By-Laws  for  the  time  being  regulating  the  Depart- 
ment. 

III.  The  officers  of  the  Fire  Department  shall 
consist  of  a  Chief  Engineer,  and  an  Assistant  Engi- 
neer, a  President,  a  Secretary,  and  a  Treasurer. 

IV.  There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Delegates,  consist- 
ing of  three  persons  from  each  Company.     The  first 


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Dcley-atcs  sliiill  he  elected  within  seven  djivs  after  the 
passage  of  this  Aet ;  the  13ele^ates  shall  be  after- 
wards cleeted  annually,  on  sonic  day  to  he  fixed  by  a 
Bv-Law\ 

V.  Each  memher  of  an  admitted  Conii)iiny  shall 
have  three  votes  in  the  election  of  l)ele;;ates,  ami  he 
may  vote  for  any  three  or  less  miniher  of  candidates  ; 
but  his  vote,  if  given  for  a  less  nuniher  than  three, 
shall  only  count  as  a  single  vote  for  each  candidate 
for  whom  he  votes. 

VI.  The  Board  of  Delegates  shall  have  the  power 
of  passing  By-Laws  for  the  regulation  of  the  Fire 
Department,  which,  after  the  approval,  in  writing,  of 
the  Governor  for  the  time  being,  shall  be  binding 
and  conclusive  on  all  mcml)ers  of  the  Fire  I)ej)art- 
ment. 

VII.  The  Board  of  Delegates  shall  annually  elect 
a  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  said  Fire 
Department,  each  member  of  the  Board  having  one 
vote  for  each  otficer  to  be  elected. 

A^III.  The  first  election  of  President,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  shall  take  place  on  the  seventh  day 
after  the  election  of  the  Board  of  Delegates.  Subse- 
quent elections  shall  take  place  on  a  day  certain  in 
each  year,  to  be  fixed  by  a  By-Law. 

IX.  Until  the  election  of  a  Chief  Engineer  and 
Assistant  Engineer,  the  present  Chief  Engineer  and 
Assistant  Engineer  shall  continue  to  hold  office. 

X.  There  shall  be  an  annual  election  for  Chief 


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Engineer  and  Assistant  Enjj^ineer,  at  which  eacli  mcni- 
Itcr  of  tho  Fire  Department  sliall  liave  a  vote  for  Chief 
Knoineer,  and  also  a  vote  for  Assistant  Engineer; 
and  in  ease  of  an  ecinaiity  of  vote-!  for  either  office, 
the  President  shall  have  a  easting  vote. 

XI.  Tlie  President  of  the  Department  shall  call 
the  said  election,  giving  ten  days*  notice  t!iereof  in  at 
least  one  of  the  local  papers. 

XII.  The  election  shall  he  held  under  such  regu- 
lations as  may  he  contained  in  IJy-Laws  to  he  passed 
hy  the  Board  of  Delegates  in  that  hehalf. 

XIII.  The  election  of  Chief  Engineer  and  Assist- 
ant Engineer  shall  he  suhject  to  the  approval  of  the 
said  Governor. 

XIV.  No  memher  of  a  Fire  Company,  admitted 
as  aforesaid,  shall  he  lial)lc  for  damage  done  hy  him 
to  the  property  of  any  other  person,  in  the  extinction 
of,  or  attempted  extinction  of  lire,  or  in  the  removal 
of  any  erection,  editice  or  huilding  which,  regard  be- 
ing had  to  the  safety  of  adjacent  property,  may  be 
reasonably  deemed  expedient  to  remove. 

XV.  Provided,  always,  that  in  the  destruction  or 
removal  of  property  aforesaid,  the  immunities  here- 
inbefore given  shall  not  extend  to  any  person  who 
shall  act  in  such  destruction  or  removal  contrary  to  or 
without  the  order  of  the  Chief  Engineer  or  Assistant 
Engineer,  or  other  per  on  who  by  virtue  of  some  By- 
Law  shall  be  authorized  to  direct  the  actions  of  the 
Fire  Department. 


XVI.  Providetl,  also,  that  the  immunities  aforesaid 
shall  not  extend  to  any  person  who  sliall,  in  the  de- 
struction or  removal  of  any  property  aforesaid,  he 
guilty  of  malice,  wanton  mischievousncss,  or  gross 
negligence. 

XVII.  In  case  of  any  suit  or  action  brouglit  hy 
any  person  against  any  member  of  any  Fire  Comj)any 
so  admitted  as  aforesaid,  in  respect  of  damage  done 
by  such  member,  such  member  may  obtain  the  benefit 
of  this  Act  by  a  plea  in  tlie  words  and  figures  follow- 
ing :  **  Not  guilty  "  by  statute,  without  malice,  wanton 
mischievousness,  or  gross  negligence. 

XVIII.  This  Act  may  be  cited  for  all  purposes  as 
the  "Firemiin's  Protection  Act,  18G1." 

Passed  the  House  of  Assembly,  twenty-third  of 
August,  1861. 

E.    BOWEUS    DOGGETT, 

Clerk  of  the  House  of  Assemblt/. 

Passed  the  Council,  ninth  of  September,  1861. 

Joseph  Pouter, 
Acting  Clerk  of  the  Council. 

Assented  to  this  tenth  day  of  Sei)tembcr,  A.  D. 

1861. 

James  Douglas, 

Governor. 


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REGULATIONS. 

Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Deloj,'atcs  Nov.  0th,  1861 ;  Approved 
by  the  Governor  Feb.  7th,  1862. 


AKTICLE  I. 

Each  and  every  Company  sliall,  at  its  stated  mcet- 
inji:,  in  September,  eleet  three  of  its  members  to  the 
Board  of  Dek'pites,  whieli  Board  shall  consist  of 
three  representatives  from  each  Fire  Company.  They 
shall  assemble  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  Septem- 
ber, at  half  past  seven  o'clock,  1*.  M.,  in  the  room  of 
the  Board  of  Delepites,  and  then  and  there  organize, 
by  the  election  of  a  President,  Secretary  and  Trcasnr- 
er,  whose  terms  of  office  sJiall  be  for  one  year,  or 
until  their  successors  are  diUy  elected  and  (pialilied. 
Thcv  shall  make  laws  for  the  government  of  the  Fire 
Department,  subject  to  the  approval  of  His  Excel- 
lency the  Governor ;  and  all  laws  made  by  tliem,  and 
approved  by  His  Excellency,  shall  be  bindinj^-  on  every 
Company,  otKcer  or  member  of  the  Department,  and 
any  Company,  officer  or  member  of  the  Department, 
who  shall  violate  any  of  the  said  laws,  or  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  "  Fireman's  Protection  Act,"  or  who 
shall  refuse  to  obey  the  lawful  orders  of  the  Chief  or 
Assistant  Engineer,  shall,  upon  complaint,  be  tried  by 
the  Board ;    and,  if  found  guilty,  be  censured,  sus- 


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pcndcd,  fined,  removed  from  office,  or  expelled  from 
the  Fire  Department,  as  a  majority  of  the  Board  may 
in  its  judgment  direct.  They  shall  examine  the  re- 
turns, and  declare  the  result  of  all  Engineers'  elec- 
tions, and  give  them  their  certificates  of  office.  The 
election  for  Chief  and  Assistant  Engineer  shall  he 
held  annually,  on  the  first  Monday  in  Octoher  in  each 
year.  Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  tiie  office  of 
Chief  or  Assistant  Engineer,  the  President  of  the  De- 
partment shall  order  an  election  to  fill  such  vacancy 
for  the  unexpired  term  of  said  office. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  elected  by 
the  Board  of  Delegates,  shall  be  styled,  respectively, 
the  "  President,  Secretarv  and  Treasurer  of  the  Vic- 
toria  Fire  Department."  The  President  and  Treasu- 
rer shall  be  elected  from  among  the  Delegates,  but  the 
Secretary  may  be  elected  from  the  Department  at 
large, 

ARTICLE  III. 

A  Company  shall  be  composed  of  not  more  than 
sixty-five  nor  less  than  twenty  males,  of  the  age  of 
eighteen  years,  all  of  whom  must  be  duly  registered 
members  of  the  Department.  The  officers  of  a  Com- 
pany shall  be  a  Foreman,  at  least  one  Assistant  Fore- 
man, a  Secretary,  and  a  Treasure-  A  Company 
desiring  admission  into  the  Department  must  make 
application  to  the  Board  of  Delegates,  accompanying 


REGULATIONS. 


such  ap])lication  with  a  copy  of  their  regulations, 
sij^ncd  by  at  least  twenty  males,  of  the  age  of  eight- 
een years,  the  names  of  their  officers,  and  the  location 
they  desire ;  and,  should  the  Board  by  a  vote  of  the 
majority  of  all  its  members  decide  to  admit  such  Com- 
pany, the  Secretary  of  the  Department  shall  file  with 
the  Registrar  of  the  Supreme  Court  the  said  regula- 
tions, and  upon  such  filing  the  Company  shall  be 
deemed  admitted  into  the  Department. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Whenever  a  Fire  Company,  by  reason  of  deaths, 
resignations,  or  expulsions,  shall  have  reduced  its  roll 
to  less  than  twenty  active  registered  members,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Department  to 
forthwith  notify  the  Chief  Engineer  and  the  Foreman 
of  the  Company  of  the  fact ;  and  it  sliall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Chief  Engineer  to  suspend  such  Company  un- 
til the  next  stated  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Delegates, 
when,  unless  a  majority  of  the  members  composing 
the  same  decide  to  reinstate  the  Company,  it  shall  be 
disbanded. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Chief  Engineer  shall  report  to  the  Colonial 
Secretary  of  Vancouver  Island,  in  the  months  of  Jan- 
uary and  July,  the  number,  location  and  condition  of 
fire  apparatus  and  cisterns,  and  the  state  of  Fire  Com- 
pany houses,  and  all  property  of  the  city  in  keeping  of 
said  Department.    Also,  all  accidents  by  fire  which 


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may  have  taken  place,  with  the  causes  thereof,  and  a 
description  of  the  property  destroyed  or  injured,  with 
the  names  of  the  owners  of  the  same;  also,  such 
other  information,  and  such  recommendations,  as  he 
may  deem  proper.  He  shall,  furthermore,  inquire 
into  the  causes  of  all  fires,  and  see  that  all  persons 
criminally  connected  therewith  are  diligently  prose- 
cuted by  the  proper  autliorities.  All  moneys  appro- 
priated for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Department  shall 
be  expended  under  the  supervision  of  tlie  Chief  En- 
neer. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

All  fines  imposed  by  tlie  Board  of  Delegates  shall 
be  appropriated  to  the  Fire  Department  Charitable 
Fund.  They  shall  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Fire  Department,  who  is  hereby  autliorized  and  in- 
structed to  pay  over  the  same  to  tlie  Treasurer  of  the 
Fire  Department  Charitable  Fund. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

CHIEF    ENGINEER. 

The  Chief  Engineer  shall,  in  all  cases  of  fire,  or 
alarm  thereof,  have  sole  and  entire  control  over  all 
apparatus  and  membci's  of  the  Department.  lie  shall 
have  power,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  suspend  any 
Engineer,  Company  officer,  or  Company,  for  disobe- 
dience of,  or  unnecessary  delay  in  executing,  his  or- 
ders, or  orders  of  the  Assistant,  or  for  disrespectful 
language ;  and  he  shall  report  the  name  or  names  and 


»; 


\ 


of,  and  a 
red,  witli 
so,  such 
ns,  as  he 
inquire 
persons 
y  prosc- 
s  appro- 
lent  sliall 
;iiief  En- 


ites  shall 
haritable 
cr  of  the 
I  and  in- 
erof  the 


f  fire,  or 
over  all 
He  shall 
tend  any 
'  disohe- 
:,  his  or- 
ispcctful 
mes  and 


facts  connected  therewith  to  the  Board  of  Delegates, 
when  next  convened,  for  their  action.  He  shall  see 
that  all  fire  apparatus,  Fire  Company  houses,  and 
public  cisterns,  are  kept  in  good  order  and  condition, 
and  report  to  the  proper  authorities  repairs  or  supplies 
required  by  the  Department,  or  any  Company  thereof. 
He  shall,  upon  learning  of  any  improper  practices  in 
or  about  the  house  of  any  Company,  notify  the  Fore- 
man thereof  of  the  same  ;  and  upon  their  repetition, 
report  the  name  or  names  of  offfendcrs,  and  facts  con- 
nected therewith,  to  the  Board  of  Delegates,  when 
next  convened,  for  their  action.  He  shall  sign  all 
certificates  duly  authorized  by  the  Board  of  Delegates, 
and  shall  perform,  generally,  such  other  duties  as  the 
laws  of  the  Colony  and  this  Department  may  require 
of  him. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

ASSISTANT   ENGINEER. 

The  Assistant  Engineer  shall,  immediately  upon 
arriving  at  fires,  report  himself  to  the  Chief  Engineer 
for  his  orders.  At  fires,  or  alarms  thereof.  Engineers 
shall  convey  their  orders  to  Companies  by  their  re- 
spective numbers,  and,  if  practicable,  to  the  ofiicer  in 
command.  Whenever  the  Chief  Engineer  shall  be 
absent  from  the  city,  or  shall  be  prevented  from  dis- 
charging the  duties  of  his  office,  the  Assistant  Engi- 
neer shall  perform  the  duties  and  pos  ?ess  the  rights 
and  powers  of  said  office  during  such  disability  or  ab- 
sence. 


12 


REGULATIONS. 


ARTICLE  IX. 

PRESIDENT    OF    THE    FIRE    BEFARTMENT. 

The  President  shall  preside  at  all  inectinjjs  of  the 
Board  of  Delegates,  shall  preserve  order  and  dccornm, 
and  enforce  a  strict  observance  of  tlie  laws  of  the  De- 
partment and  the  rules  of  the  Board.  He  shall  call 
special  meetings  of  the  Board,  wlien  recpiested  in 
writing  by  four  members  of  the  Board,  or  whenever 
notified  by  the  Secretary  of  the  suspension  by  the 
Chief  Engineer  of  an  officer,  or  Company,  or  when- 
ever he  mav  deem  necessary.  He  shall,  at  the  com- 
mcnccment  of  his  term  of  office,  appoint  Standing 
Committees,  to  consist  of  three  members  each,  as 
follows  :  on  Judiciary  ;  on  Finance  ;  and  also,  at  the 
stated  meetings  in  February  and  August,  a  Commit- 
tee of  two,  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  accounts 
of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  He  shall  sign  all 
orders  of  the  Board  u])on  the  Treasurer;  and  shall 
perform  such  other  duties  as  the  laws  of  the  Colony 
and  this  Department  may  require  of  him.  In  case  of 
his  absence  from  a  meeting,  a  member  may  be  chosen 
to  preside />ro  tern. 

ARTICLE  X. 

SECRETARY  OF  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Secretary  shall  keep  full,  fair  and  accurate 
minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Delegates. 
He  shall  keep  a  book,  in  which  he  shall  write  out  in 
fuU  the  laws  and  standing  resolutions  adopted  by  the 


I 


ENT. 

Iiifjs  of  the 
decorum, 
|of  the  De- 
shall  call 
luested  in 
■  whenever 
on  hv  the 
',  or  when- 
t  tlie  com- 
;  Standin^^ 
■5  eacli,  as 
Iso,  at  tlie 
a  Commit- 
e  accounts 
dl  sif^n  all 
;  and  shall 
he  Colony 
In  case  of 
be  chosen 


ENT. 

1  accurate 
Delegates, 
rite  out  in 
>ted  by  the 


REGULATIONS. 


13 


Board  of  Dele<:^ates,  and  properly  index  the  same. 
He  shall  keep  a  registry  of  the  Department,  which 
shall  contain  the  names  of  all  the  members  of  the 
siimc,  arranged  under  the  name  and  number  of  the 
Company  to  which  they  may  severally  belong ;  and 
shall  show,  opposite  each  name,  date  of  membership, 
(which  shall  be  understood  to  be  the  date  of  his  sign- 
...g  the  regulr  Jons  of  the  Company  of  which  he  is  a 
member)  transfer,  (both  from  and  to  a  Company)  sus- 
pension, expulsion,  resignation,  death,  remarks.  He 
shall  likewise  keep  a  book  of  all  persons  suspended, 
disbanded  or  expelled  by  the  Board  of  Delegates 
from  the  Department.  He  shall  have  the  custody  of 
the  Department  seal,  and  affix  the  same,  when  neces- 
sary, to  the  notices,  resolutions,  orders  and  laws  of 
the  Board  of  Delegates.  He  shall  fill  up  and  sign 
certificates  of  membership,  when  directed  by  the 
Board  of  Delegates.  He  shall  date  certificates  of 
membership  in  the  Department  from  the  time  the 
same  are  paid  for.  He  shall  collect  all  fines,  and  pay 
I  the  same  over  to  the  Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt 
therefor.  He  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  moneys  re- 
ceived by  him  for  the  Department,  specifying*  each 
sum  paid  in,  by  whom  and  for  what  purpose,  and  re- 
])ort  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Delegates,  in  the  months 
of  February  and  August.  He  shall,  at  the  same 
times,  report  the  changes  that  have  occurred  in  the 
registry  of  the  Dci)artment  during  the  preceding  six 
months,  setting  forth  the  names  of  the  parties,  and 


M 


14 


REGULATIONS. 


f 


!i'      f. 


f ! 


i; 


whether  elected,  transferred,  suspended,  expelled,  re- 
signed, or  deceased.  He  sliall,  in  the  montlis  of  Feb- 
ruary and  Au«^ust,  and  previous  to  each  Engineers* 
election,  compare  the  returned  rolls  of  the  several 
Companies  with  the  registry  of  the  Department,  not- 
ing on  the  latter  all  who  have  been  transferred,  sus- 
pended or  expelled,  or  have  resigned  or  deceased ;  and 
shall  furnish  the  Judges  of  Election  witli  a  »:'ertified 
copy  of  the  voting  list  of  each  Com})any,  which  shall 
contain  only  the  names  of  such  persons  whose  mem- 
bership shall  have  been  reported  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Department  fifty  days  immediately  preceding 
such  election.  He  shall  report  any  discrepancies  that 
may  appear  in  the  rolls  of  the  several  Companies  and 
the  registry  of  the  Department.  He  shall  require 
the  Foremen  and  Secretaries  of  the  various  Compa- 
nies to  certify  to  the  correctness  of  their  rolls,  as  re- 
turned to  the  Board  of  Delegates,  and  shall  endorse 
and  preserve  said  rolls  among  the  papers  of  the  De- 
partment. He  shall,  whenever  any  Engineer,  Com- 
pany officer,  or  Company,  shall  be  suspended  by  the 
Chief  Engineer,  immediately  furnish  the  accused  with 
a  copy  of  the  charges  upon  which  he  or  they  were 
suspended,  together  with  notice  of  tlie  next  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Delegates.  He  shall  call  meetings  of 
the  Board  of  Delegates,  when  regularly  ordered ; 
shall  attest  all  orders  of  said  Board  upon  the  Treasur- 
er; shall  furnish  tlie  Chairmen  of  Committees  of 
said  Board  with  tlie  names  of  their  colleagues,  and 


\ 


pcUcd,  rc- 
s  of  Feb- 
nginccrs' 
0  several 
cnt,  iiot- 
rred,  sus- 
ascd ;  and 
a  <:'ertificd 
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lose  mcni- 
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ncies  tluit 
)anies  and 
,11   require 
IS  Conipa- 
olls,  as  re- 
lU  endorse 
)f  tlie  De- 
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ed by  the 
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they  were 
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eetinj^s  of 
ordered ; 
!  Treasur- 
nittees  of 
y:ues,  and 


REGULATIONS. 


15 


copies  of  the  matters  respectively  referred  to  them ; 
and  shall  perform,  generally,  such  other  duties  as 
may,  from  time  to  time,  be  imposed  upon  him  by  the 
Board  of  Delegates.  He  shall,  within  five  days  after 
the  election  of  the  Chief  and  Assistant  Engineers, 
forward  tlieir  certificates  of  election  to  His  Excellency 
for  approval.  He  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  office,  promptly  deliver  up  all  books,  papers  and 
otlier  property  of  the  Department,  and  of  the  Board 
of  Delegates,  in  his  custody,  to  his  successor  in  ofiice. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

TREASURER  OF  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Tlie  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  safely  keep  all 
moneys  belonging  to  the  Fire  Department,  paying  out 
the  same  upon  the  order  of  the  Board  of  Delegates, 
duly  signed  by  the  President,  and  attested  by  the  Sec- 
retary, Avhich  shall  be  his  vouchers.  He  shall,  at  the 
stated  meetings  in  February  and  August,  submit  to 
the  Board  of  Delegates  full  reports  of  his  receipts  and 
disbursements,  together  witli  the  amount  of  moneys 
remaining  in  the  Treasury.  His  accounts  and  vouch- 
ers shall,  at  all  times,  be  subject  to  the  examination 
of  Committees  appointed  by  the  Board  for  that  pur- 
pose. He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of 
his  office,  give  a  bond,  with  one  or  more  sureties,  in 
the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  ($1,000)  payable  to 
the  President  of  the  Fire  Department,  conditioned  for 


^  '< 

'■'I', 


16 


REGULATIONS, 


ri 


the  faithful  discliarfic  of  liis  trust.  lie  sliall,  at  the 
expiration  of  liis  term  of  office,  promptly  deliver  up 
all  funds,  books,  papers  and  other  property  of  the 
Department,  and  of  the  Board  of  Delcj^ates,  in  his 
custody,  to  his  successor  in  office. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

HOARD    OF    DKLKCATES. 

Section  I.  The  Board  of  Delegates  shall  he  com- 
posed of  such  members,  (not  more  than  three  from 
each  Company)  wliosc  certificates  of  election  by  the 
Company  shall  be  certified  by  the  Foreman  and  Sec- 
retary thereof. 

Sec.  2.  The  stated  meetinj^s  of  the  Board  shall 
be  held  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  each  month,  at 
half  past  seven  o'clock  P.  M.,  from  October  to  March, 
inclusive,  and  at  eight  o'clock  P.  M.,  from  April  to 
September,  inclusive. 

Sec.  3.  Special  meetings  shall  be  ordered  by  the 
President,  and  the  time,  place  and  object  of  the  same 
advertised,  at  least  one  day,  in  one  daily  newspaj^er  of 
the  city.  At  these,  the  only  business  in  order  shall 
be  roll  call,  collection  of  fines,  admission  of  new 
members,  reception  of  charges  and  specification  of 
charges,  as  per  Article  XVIII,  and  the  special  busi- 
ness for  which  the  meeting  was  called. 

Sec.  4.  At  all  meetings  it  shall  recpiire  a  major- 
ity of  all  the  members  of  the  Board  to  constitute  a 
quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business ;    but  a  less 


if.  I 


REGULATIONS. 


17 


1,  at  the 
liver  up 
r  of  the 
,  ill  his 


he  com- 
cc  from 
1  hy  tlie 
ind  See- 

rd  sliall 
loiith,  at 
)  March, 
April  to 

1  hv  tlic 
he  same 
paper  of 
U'r  shall 
of  new 
ation  of 
ial  husi- 

ii  major- 
stitutc  a 
t  a  less 


numhcr  may  call  the  roll,  have  the  ahsentees  noted, 
and  adjourn  to  a  time  stated,  or  without  day. 

Sec.  .5.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  Board  to  make 
such  laws  and  regulations  as  nuiy  he  necessary  for  the 
government  of  the  officers  and  memhers  of  the  Dc- 
l)artment.  They  shall,  as  hereinafter  provided,  try 
all  diarges  made  hy  the  Chief  Engineer  against  any 
officer,  Company,  or  memher  of  the  Department,  and 
charges  nuide  hy  one  Comi)any  against  another,  or  hy 
an  officer  or  memher  of  a  Company  against  an  officer 
or  officers  of  the  Dej)artment,  or  an  officer  or  mem- 
her of  another  Company;  and  charges  against  any 
memher  of  the  Dei)artment  who  shall  he  guilty  of  a 
hreacli  of  the  peace,  or  disorderly  conduct,  during  a 
fire,  or  alarm  thereof,  or  at  any  Fire  Company  house. 

Sec.  6.  If  any  officer  or  memher  of  a  Company 
shall  appeal  from  any  decision  of  his  Company,  in 
wliich  he  is  directly  concerned,  and  it  he  shown  that 
the  Company  have  acted  in  violation  of  the  Depart- 
ment laws,  or  their  own  laws,  the  Board  shall  declare 
such  action  illegal  and  null ;  hut  if  the  contrary  he 
shown,  the  Board  shall  declare  the  action  of  the  Com- 
pany sustained. 

Sec.  7.  When  a  Company  makes  application  to 
be  admitted  into  the  Department,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Board,  before  granting  admission,  to  ascertain 
if  the  signers  of  their  regulations  arc  eighteen  years 
of  age ;  if  they,  or  any  of  them,  are  expelled  mem- 
bers of  the  Department;  if  their  regulations  are  in 
2 


A. 


i:i   li 


ill  'A 


18 


REGULATIONS. 


accortlancc  with  tlie  laws  of  the  Department ;  and  if 
their  a(hlition  to  the  Department  is  necessary. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on 
Judiciary  to  take  into  consideration  such  petitions  and 
matters  touching  judicial  j)roceedin<;s,  as  nniy  come  in 
question  and  be  referred  to  them  by  the  Board.  It 
shall  be  their  duty  to  report  as  to  the  law  in  cases  of 
appeal  before  the  Board,  and  for  such  purpose  they 
shall  have  power  to  send  for  members  of  the  Depart- 
ment and  papers.  They  shall,  when  directed  by  the 
Board,  report  such  laws  for  Colonial,  Municipal  or 
Department  confirmation,  as  they  may  consider  re- 
quired for  the  welfare  or  government  of  the  Depart- 
ment.    All  their  reports  shall  be  in  writing. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on 
Finance  to  examine  all  bills  i)resented  to  the  Board, 
and  report  thereon  at  the  earliest  opportunity  ;  and  to 
take  into  consideration  such  matters  ijertaining  to  the 
finances  of  the  Board  as  may  be  referred  to  them,  or 
as  they  may  deem  the  interests  of  the  Department  re- 
quire. They  shall,  in  the  months  of  February  and 
August,  examine  the  semi-annual  reports  of  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Fire  Department  Charitable  Fund, 
and  shall  have  power,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty,  to 
examine  the  books,  vouchers  and  securities  in  the  cus- 
tody of  said  Treasurer ;  and  they  shall  report  thereon, 
in  writing,  at  the  next  meeting  of  said  Board. 

Sec.  10.  Appeals  to  the  Board  shall  only  be  pre- 
sented within  thirty  days  after  proceedings ;  provided, 


» 


REGULATIONS. 


19 


and  if 

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ons  and 
come  in 
ird.     It 
uses  of 
Qsc  tiicy 
Dcpjirt- 
l)y  the 
c'ipal  or 
;i(lcr  re- 
Dej)art- 

littcc  on 
I  Board, 
;  and  to 
<fj;  to  the 
hem,  or 
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iry  and 
of  the 
!  Fund, 
Intv,  to 
the  eus- 
hcrcon, 

be  pre- 
••ovided, 


however,  that  in  case  of  the  absence  of  a  party  from 
the  city,  a  longer  time  may  bo  granted. 

Sec.  11.  In  addition  to  cases  provided  for,  the 
following  shall  require  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  all 
the  members  of  the  Board :  To  disband  a  Company ; 
to  restore  any  officer,  Company,  or  member  of  the 
Department,  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  for 
which  he  or  tliey  were  suspended  ;  and  to  suspend  or 
expel  a  Delegate ;  and  the  voting  shall  be  viva  voce. 

Sec.  12.  Any  Delegate  absenting  himself  from  a 
stated  or  special  meeting  of  tlie  Board,  (sickness  or 
absence  from  the  city  only  excusing)  shall  be  fined 
one  dollar. 

Sec.  13.  The  resignation  of  a  Delegate  must  be 
tendered  in  writing  to  the  Board.  Upon  the  resigna- 
tion of  a  Delegate,  the  Secretary  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment shall,  within  three  days  thereafter,  notify  his 
Company  of  such  resignation. 

Sec,  14.  When  the  fines  of  a  Delegate  shall 
amount  to  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  he  shall  be  liable 
to  expulsion  from  the  Board. 

Sec.  15.  Any  Delegate  who  shall  willfully  violate 
any  of  the  rules  or  orders  of  the  Board,  or  shall  re- 
fuse obedience  to  the  presiding  officer  when  called  to 
order,  shall  be  liable  to  censure,  or  expulsion  from  the 
Board. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

companies. 

Section  1.     Each  and  every  Company  shall  keep 


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20 


RKGULATIONS. 


their  apparatus  in  pood  order  and  condition,  so  that 
the  same  shall  l)e  rcadv  for  instant  service. 

Sec.  2.  Tliey  sliall,  durinj;  a  fire,  or  ahinn  tlicre- 
of,  have  an  officer  in  char^'-e  of  their  apj>aratus,  and, 
if  upon  tlie  fire,  anotlier  in  cl)ar^e  of  their  pii>e.  It 
shall  be  the  dutv  of  said  officers  to  receive  tlieir  orders 
from  the  Chief  and  Assistant  Eiifrineers,  and  convey 
the  same  to  their  Company  or  pipemen,  as  may  he  re- 
quired. 

Sec.  3.  No  Company  shall  i)crmit  hreaches  of  the 
peace,  or  imj)roi)er  practices,  upon  the  premises  occu- 
pied by  tlicm. 

Sec.  4.  Any  laws  of  Companies  inconsistent  with 
those  of  the  Department,  shall  l»c  void  and  of  no  effect. 

ARTICLE    XIV. 

foremen. 

Foremen  of  Companies  shall  report  promptly  ♦o  the 
Chief  Engineer  any  breakage  or  disarrangement  of 
the  apparatus,  or  repairs  required  to  the  house,  under 
their  respective  charge,  and  shall  see  that  the  same  arc 
kept  in  good  order  and  condition.  They  shall,  at  fires, 
or  alarms  thereof,  see  that  the  orders  of  the  Chief  and 
Assistant  Engineers  arc  punctually  obeyed.  They 
shall  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  semi-annual  and 
voting  rolls  of  their  respective  Companies.  In  the 
absence  of  the  Chief  and  Assistant  Engineers,  the 
Foreman  first  arriving  on  the  ground,  with  the  appa- 
ratus of  the  Company  of  which  he  has  charge,  shall 
be  entitle!  to  take  command. 


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ARTICLE  XV. 

ASSISTANT    FOREMEN. 

Whenever  the  Foreman  of  a  Company  shall  be  ab- 
sent from  a  fire,  or  alarm  thereof,  or  from  sickness  or 
other  cause  be  unable  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  his 
office,  all  his  rip;hts,  powers  and  responsibilities  in  and 
to  the  Department  shall  devolve  upon  the  Assistant 
Forenum  of  such  Company,  during  such  absence  or 
disability. 

ARTICLE   XVI. 

SECRETARIES. 

Section  1.  Secretaries  of  Companies  shall  keep 
full,  fair  ard  accurate  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of 
their  respective  Companies ;  shall,  as  soon  as  possible, 
after  meetings,  return  to  the  Board  of  Delegates  the 
names  of  all  persons  elected,  transfeiTcd,  suspended, 
expelled,  resigned  or  deceased,  and  the  dates  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  They  shall,  in  the  months  of  April  and 
October,  report  to  the  Chief  Engineer  the  condition  of 
their  respective  Companies,  the  number  of  times  they 
have  been  in  service,  the  average  attendance  at  fires, 
and  any  other  matters  they  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  3.  They  shall,  in  the  months  of  February 
and  August,  report  to  the  Board  of  Delegates  the 
names  of  all  the  members  of  their  respective  Compa- 
nies ;  also,  the  names  of  all  members  elected,  trans- 
ferred, suspended,  expelled,  resigned,  or  deceased. 


.!*•■■ 


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REGULATIONS. 


during  the  preceding  six  months,  and  the  dates  there- 
of. They  shall,  at  least  ten  days  previous  to  each 
Engineer's  election,  report  to  tlic  Secretary  of  the 
Fire  Department  all  of  the  active  certificate  members 
of  their  respective  Companies  wlio  '.vill  be  entitled  to 
vote  thereat.  They  shall  certify  to  their  rolls  in  the 
same  manner  as  Foremen. 


ARTICLE    XVII. 


CERTIFICATES. 


Section.  1.  A  certificate  of  membership  in  tlie 
Department  shall,  ui)on  the  order  of  the  Board  of 
Delegates,  and  the  payment  of  one  dollar  by  the  ap- 
plicant, be  given  to  cacli  member  of  a  Company  duly 
certified  to  said  Board. 

Sec.  2.  A  certificate  of  honorary  membership 
may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Board,  be  given  by  the  Board  of  Delegates  to  any 
person  who  shall  have  rendered  the  Department  a  val- 
uable or  important  service. 

Sec.  3.  A  disabled  member  of  the  Department 
shall,  during  such  disability,  be  entitled  to  a  certificate 
of  meni])ership. 

Sec.  4.  Whenever  the  certificate  of  a  member  of 
the  Department  shall  have  bren  injured,  destroyed  or 
lost,  he  shall,  on  j)rodiM*ing  satisfactory  evidence 
thereof  before  the  Board  of  Delegates,  and  making- 
payment  as  herein  stated,  receive  a  duplicate  of  the 


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of  the 


same.  For  a  duplicate  of  certificate  of  membership, 
shall  be  charg^ed  fifty  cents. 

Sec.  5.  None  but  certificate  members  of  the  De- 
partment shall,  under  any  circumstances,  be  permitted 
to  hold  office  in  the  Department,  or  any  Company 
thereof,  or  to  vote  at  any  Department  or  Company 
election ;  and  »>one  shall  vote  at  any  Department  elec- 
tion but  those  who  shall  have  been  certificate  members 
at  least  fifty  days  immediately  preceding  the  sjime. 

Sec.  6.  In  no  case  shall  a  certificate  be  signed  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Fire  Department  until  the  mem- 
ber's name,  Company  and  date  shall  have  been  filled 
in,  and  it  shall  have  rcceiv  id  the  proper  signatures. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

CHARGES   AND   SPECIFICATIONS. 

Section  1.  Charges  and  specifications  of  charges 
against  officers  and  members  of  the  Department  shall 
be  preferred  in  writing  to  the  Board  of  Delegates,  in 
the  name  of  the  Fire  De])artmont  of  the  city  of  Vic- 
toria, and  a  copy  of  the  same  furnished  the  accused 
at  least  six  days  before  trial.  They  may  be  preferred 
at  any  meeting  of  said  Boarc\  who  shall  forthwith  ap- 
point a  time  for  their  trial,  not  exccovling  seven  days 
from  the  date  of  their  preference,  unless  with  the  con- 
sent of  both  parties.  All  witnesses  shall  b*^  examined 
in  the  following  order  :  first,  prosecution  ;  second,  de- 
fense. Rel)uttin<>:  evidence  mav  be  admitted  on  either 
side.     When  the  evidence  shall  have  been  closed,  the 


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24 


KEGULATIONS. 


Board  sliall,  without  debate,  proceed  to  find  upon  the 
guilt  or  innocence  of  tlie  accused.  If  guilty,  the 
same  sliall  then  assess  the  punishment.  In  all  cases, 
the  President  shall  appoint  a  member  of  the  Board  to 
conduct  the  prosecution ;  the  accused  may  conduct 
his  defense,  or  select  a  member  of  the  Department  for 
that  purpose. 

Sec.  2.  Neglect  or  refusal  on  the  part  of  any  ofli- 
ccr,  Company  or  member  of  the  Department  to  answer 
a  charge  ])referred,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  considered 
an  acknowledgment  of  guilt,  and  the  Board  shall  pro- 
ceed as  though  the  charge  had  been  sustained. 

Sec.  3.  Company  charges  against  ofiicers  or  mem- 
bers thereof  shall  be  j)rcferred,  in  writing,  to  their 
respective  Companies,  and  a  time  forthwith  appointed 
for  trial.  The  accused  shall  be  furnished  with  a  copy 
of  the  charge,  or  charges,  at  least  six  days  before 
trial.  In  all  cases,  it  shall  require  the  votes  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  i)resent  to  suspend  or  exj)el  an 
officer  or  member.  No  officer  or  member  of  a  Com- 
pany shall,  under  this  section,  be  convicted  of  an  of- 
fense charged  until  an.  opportunity  has  been  ailbrded 
him  to  defend  himself. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

IMPEACHMENT,    SUSPENSION,    AND     EXPULSION. 

Section  1.     The  Foromen  of  the  several  Compa- 
nies of  the  Department,  when  called  together  by  a 


'4: 


REGULATIONS. 


25 


"pon  the 

["ilty,  tlie 

Jill  oases, 

Board  to 

conduct 

|*t7i)cnt  for 

any  ofli- 
to  answer 
onsidered 
shall  pro- 
d. 

^  or  incni- 
,  to  their 
M>I>ointcd 
th  a  ('0])y 
vs   I)efore 
s  of  two- 
ox\)c\  an 
f  a  ('())u- 
of  an  of. 

ailbrded 


.SIGN. 

Conipa- 
>y  a 


er 


vote  of  any  Company  thereof,  shall  have  power  to 
impeach  any  Engineer  for  neglect  of  or  inability  to 
discharge  tlie  duties  of  his  office,  or  for  an  unwarrant- 
able exercise  of  power.  If  a  majority  of  them  shall 
adopt  all  articles  of  impeachment,  a  copy  of  the  same 
shall  forthwith  be  served  upon  the  o^cer  accused,  and 
the  same  shall,  six  days  thereafter,  be  tried  by  the 
Board  of  Delegates ;  and  if  they  be  sustained  by  said 
Board,  he  shall  be  liable  to  such  further  action  as  said 
Board  may  determine. 

Sec.  2.  Any  Engineer,  Company  officer,  Com- 
pany, or  member  of  the  Department,  who  shall  be 
sus])cndcd  by  the  Board  of  Delegates,  shall  not,  dur- 
ing the  period  of  such  suspension,  be  allowed  any 
time  as  a  member  or  members  of  the  Department,  nor 
to  vote  at  any  Department  election.  A  party  sus- 
pended shall  only  be  restored  to  membership  before 
the  expiration  of  the  proscribed  period  of  suspension 
by  the  Board  of  Delegates. 

Sec.  3.  An  officer  or  member  of  a  Company,  who 
shall  be  susj)cnded  l>y  his  Company,  with  the  consent 
of  the  Board  of  Delegates,  shall  not  be  permitted  to 
join  another  Com])any,  nor  to  have  a  vote  in  his  own 
Com])any,  or  the  Department.  To  restore  such  offi- 
cer or  member  to  his  former  rights  and  privileges,  be- 
fore the  expiration  of  the  prescribed  period  of  suspen- 
sion, shall  recjuirc  both  the  consent  of  the  Company 
and  the  Board  of  Delegates. 

Sec.  4.     Any  officer.  Company,  or  member  of  the 


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26 


llEGIJLATIONS. 


Department,  wlio  shall,  during  his  or  their  suspension 
by  order  or  with  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Dele- 
gates,  neglect  or  refuse  to  perform  the  duties  of  active 
membership,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  by  said 
Board,  be  expelled  from  the  Department. 

Sec.  5.  Any  officer.  Company,  or  member  of  the 
Department,  ■who,  while  suspended  by  the  Chief  En- 
gineer, shall  exercise  any  of  the  powers  or  duties  from 
which  he  or  they  were  suspended,  shall,  if  convicted 
thereof  by  the  Board  of  Delegates,  be  expelled  from 
the  Department. 

Sec.  6.  Xo  officer  or  member  of  the  Department, 
while  under  suspension  by  the  Chief  Engineer,  Board 
of  Delegates,  or  his  Com})any,  shall  be  j)ermitted  to 
resign  from  his  Company  or  the  Department. 

Sec.  7.  A  suspended  officer.  Company,  or  mem- 
ber of  the  Department,  who  may  have  been  restored 
to  membership  thereiu  before  the  exj>iration  of  the 
prescribed  period  of  his  or  their  suspension,  or  by 
reason  of  the  expiration  thereof,  shall  immediately  re- 
enter upon  the  rights,  privileges  and  immunities  from 
which  he  or  they  were  suspended. 

Sec.  8.  Any  member  of  a  Company  who  shall  be 
absent  from  the  city  for  the  sjjace  of  three  months, 
without  leave  of  absence  from  liis  Company,  nuiy  l»e 
returned  to  the  Board  of  Delegates  as  having  resigned, 
or  been  expelled,  as  the  Company  may  deem  proper. 
Any  member,  for  total  neglect  of  duty  for  three 
months,  as  laid  down  in  the  laws  of  his  Company, 
may  be  expelled  without  notification. 


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Sec.  9.  No  officer ormcmber  of  a  Company  shall 
be  impeached,  suspended,  or  expelled,  unless  he  sliall 
have  violated  the  laws  of  the  Company  or  of  the  De- 
partment, or  been  guilty  of  disgraceful  conduct. 

Sec.  10.  Any  officer  or  member,  having  been  ex- 
pelled from  the  Department,  shall  not,  within  the 
space  of  one  year  thereafter,  be  permitted  to  rejoin 
the  same,  or  any  Company  thereof,  unless  restored  by 
the  power  or  powers  that  expelled  him. 

ARTICLE  XX. 

VICTORIA  FIRE   DEPARTMENT  CHARITABLE  FUND. 

Section  1 .  The  Board  of  Delegates  shall,  at  their 
stated  meeting  in  Octoltcr,  1861,  elect  three  Trustees. 
The  person  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  hold  office  for  tin-ee  years,  the  person  receiving 
the  next  highest  number  shall  hold  office  for  two  years, 
and  the  next  highest  for  one  year ;  and  one  annually 
thereafter  for  a  term  of  tliree  years.  All  vacancies  in 
the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  filled  by  the  Board  of 
Delegates  at  the  first  stated  meeting  after  they  occur. 
No  member  of  the  Board  of  Delegates  shall  be  eligi- 
ble to  election  as  Trustee. 

Sec.  2.  The  duties  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  to 
solicit  donations  to  the  Fire  Department  Charitable 
Fund ;  pay  all  moneys  so  received  to  their  Treasurer, 
taking  his  receipt  therefor.  All  orders  on  their  Treas- 
urer shall  be  drawn  by  the  Trustees,  and,  unless  so 
drawn,  no  order  shall  be  valid  or  paid.     They,  to- 


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REGULATIONS. 


gcthor  with  tlie  Cliicf  En<j:inccr,  shall  bo  tlic  only  par- 
ties authorized  to  rcocive  and  receipt  for  moneys  on 
behalf  of  said  Fund.  They  shall  personally  attend 
to  all  applications  for  the  relief  of  members  of  tlie 
Department,  who  shall  have  been  disabled  or  injurcfl 
while  in  active  service,  and  the  indi<j:ent  widows  an<l 
orphans  of  members  thereof,  and  tender  them  such 
pecuniary  and  othci  aid  as  they  nuiy  recjuire  ;  proi'iikd, 
the  sum  so  tendered  shall  not  exceed  fifty  dollars  per 
month  in  each  case.  They  may  appropriate  a  sum, 
not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  to  defray  the  funeral  cx- 
penses'of  any  member  of  the  Department  kiUed  or 
who  shall  die  from  injuries  received  in  active  servii-e. 

Sec.  3.  Applications  for  relief  from  said  Fund 
shall  be  made  to  one  or  more  of  the  Trustees  l)v  the 
Foreman  of  the  Company  of  which  the  applicant,  or 
the  husband  of  the  applicant,  or  tlie  deceased,  is  or 
was  a  member.  The  Foreman  shall  certifv,  in  writ- 
ini,'-,  that  the  injured  person  is,  or  that  the  deceased 
husband  or  person  was,  a  duly  re<j;istered  certificate 
member  of  the  Department,  and  communicate  sucli 
other  information  respectinj;'  the  sickness,  injury,  or 
death,  as  the  case  mav  denumd.  If  such  certificate 
and  information  be  satisfactorv  to  the  Trustees,  tliev 
shall  draw  an  order  u})on  their  Treasurer  for  such 
sum  (not  exceeding  as  aforenamed)  s  s  they  may  deem 
proper. 

Sec.  4.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  annuallv,  in 
the  month  of  October,  elect  a  Treasurer,     lie  shall 


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receive  and  receipt  for  all  moneys  paid  to  him  by  the 
Trustees,  Chief  Engineer  and  others ;  keep  a  correct 
account  of  the  same  in  books  provided  for  that  pur- 
pose ;  and  pay  all  orders  properly  drawn  upon  him  by 
the  Trustees,  which  shall  be  his  vouchers  for  the  same. 
He  shall,  in  the  months  of  February  and  August  of 
each  year,  render  a  re[)ort  of  his  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments, on  behalf  of  said  Fund,  to  the  Board  of  Del- 
egates. He  shall  give  good  and  sutKcient  bonds,  in 
the  sum  of  live  hundred  dollars,  ($500)  for  the  faith- 
ful discharge  of  his  trust.  Ilis  books  shall,  at  all 
times,  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Trustees,  and 
the  Committee  on  Finance  of  the  Board  of  Delegates, 
and  shall  be  promptly  delivered  up  to  his  successor  in 
office. 

ARTICLE    XXI. 

UNIFORMS. 

In  order  to  designate  Engineers  and  Company  offic- 
ers at  fires,  or  alarms  thereof,  the  Chief  and  Assist- 
ant Engineers  shall  wear  white  caps,  with  their  grade 
of  office  ])aintcd  thereon.  Foremen  and  Assistant 
Foremen  shall  wear  white  fronts  to  their  caps,  with 
the  number  of  the  Comj)any  and  their  grade  of  office 
painted  thereon  ;  and  if  a  Hook  and  Ladder  Company, 
a  hook  and  ladder,  or  a  Hose  Company,  a  coil  of  hose, 
in  addition  to  the  number  of  the  Company  and  their 
grade  of  office. 


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REGULATION'S. 


ARTICLE  XXII. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Alterations  or  amendments  to  these  laws  must  1)C 
submitted,  in  -writinjr,  at  a  stated  meetin*;-  of  tlie  Boaril 
of  Delc^'ates,  and  shall  lie  over  until  the  succeediriL' 
stated  meetin<r,  and  shall  retjuire  the  concurrence  of 
two-thirds  of  the  members  of  said  Board  for  tlioir 
adoption. 


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the  Boanl 

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I'urrence  of 

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RULES  OF  ORDER. 


1.  At  the  stated  meetings  of  the  Board,  the  Order 
of  Business  shall  he — 

1st.  Roll  call  and  eoUeetion  of  fines. 

2d.  Keeeptiou  of  new  ineml)ers. 

3d.  Heading  minutes  of  last  meeting. 

4tii.  Reports  of  Committees. 

5tli.  Unfinished  business. 

6th.  New  business. 

2.  The  President  sliall  take  the  Chair  precisely  at 
the  hour  specified  in  the  call;  and,  if  a  (quorum  l)c 
present,  proceed  with  the  business  of  the  meeting. 
He  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum,  may  speak  to 
points  of  order  in  preference  to  other  members — rising 
from  Ids  seat  for  that  purpose — and  shall  decide  ques- 
tions of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Board  by 
any  two  members,  on  which  ai)})eal  no  member  shall 
speak  more  than  once,  unless  by  leave  of  the  Board. 
He  may  appoint  all  Committees  by  consent  of  the 
Board.  When  any  member  is  about  to  speak,  or  de- 
liver any  matter  to  the  Board,  he  shall  rise  from  his 


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seat,  jiiul  ivspt'ctt'iilly  atldress  hiniself  to  tlie  President, 
ami  shall  confine  himself  to  the  ([uestio!i  under  deliato, 
and  avoid  jtersonality. 

3.  If  a  member  he  called  to  order,  he  shall  imuic 
diately  sit  down,  unless  permitted  to  explain  ;  and  ilir 
Board  >hall,  if  ai)})ealed  to,  decide  on  the  case,  witli- 
out  debate.  If  there  be  no  appeal,  the  derision  (»f  tlu' 
Chair  shall  be  submitted  to.  If  the  decision  \)v  in 
favor  of  the  member  called  to  order,  he  shall  be  ai 
liberty  to  proceed;  if  otherwise,  he  shall  not,  in  c;i»' 
anv  member  obiect,  without  leave  of  the  Hoard. 

4.  When  twt)  or  more  members  happen  to  rise  at 
once,  the  President  shall  name  the  member  who  is  to 
speak  first- 

5.  No  member  shall  s[)eak  more  than  twice  on  the 
same  (juestion,  without  leave  of  tiie  Board. 

6.  No  member  shall  vote  on  any  question  in  the 
issue  of  which  he  is  immediatelv  and  ])articularlv  in- 
terested. 

7.  Every  i..r>mber  when  a  <[uestion  is  jnit  shall  ^iive 
liis  vote,  unless  the  Board,  for  special  reasons,  excuse 
him,  which  (question  shall  be  decided  without  debate. 
A  motion  to  excuse  can  only  be  nuide  before  the  house 
divides,  or  before  tiie  call  of  the  ayes  and  noes  is  com- 
menced. 

8.  When  a  motion  is  nuide  and  seconded,  it  shall 
be  stated  by  the  Chair;  or  bcinjj^  in  writin«^-,  it  shall 
be  lumded  to  the  Chair,  and  read  aloud  bv  the  Sucre- 
tary,  before  debate. 


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if.  Every  motion  sluill  be  reduced  to  writir-::,  if  the 
Chaii-  or  any  member  desire  it.  A  motion  may  be 
with(b-awn  l)y  consent  of  the  Board,  before  a  decision 
or  amendment. 

10.  When  a  (|uestion  is  under  dehate,  no  motion 
shall  be  received,  Imt  to  adjourn,  to  lie  on  the  ta!)le, 
the  j)revious  (luestion,  to  imstpone  to  a  certain  diiy,  to 
commit  or  amend,  or  to  i)osti)()ne  indetinitely — which 
several  motions  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  in 
which  they  arc  arran<2:ed ;  and  no  motion  to  j)ostpone 
to  a  certain  day,  to  comnut,  or  jjostponc  indetinitely, 
bein^  decided,  shall  a^ain  Ite  allowed  at  the  same 
meetiufi',  or  at  the  same  sta^c  of  the  (lUCstion. 

11.  Amotion  to  adjourn,  and  a  niiilion  to  lix  the 
day  to  which  the  IJoard  shall  adjourn,  shall  be  always 
in  order-  These  motions,  and  the  nuitions  to  lie  on 
the  table,  and  the  ju'evious  question,  shall  be  decided 
without  debate.  All  incidental  <iuestions  of  order, 
arising  after  a  motion  is  made  for  the  previous  ques- 
tion, and  pending  such  motion,  shall  be  decided, 
whether  on  aj)peal  or  otherwise,  without  debate- 

12.  A  question  maybe  divided,  if  it  comprehends 
propositions  in  substance  so  distinct  that,  one  being- 
taken  away,  a  substantive  proposition  shall  remain  for 
the  decision  of  the  Board.  A  motion  to  strike  out 
and  insert  shall  be  deemed  indivisll)le ;  but  a  motion 
to  strike  out,  being  lost,  shall  preclude  neither  amend- 
ment nor  a  motion  to  strike  out  and  insert. 

13.  No  motion  nor  proposition  on  a  subject  differ- 


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cut  from  that  iiudcr  coiisick'nitioii,  sliiill  l)c  iidinitti'il 
uiulor  color  of  anu'iidinciit. 

14.  A  motion  to  rcconsidiM*  must  Itc  mndo  :\t  the 
saim^  or  tlic-  next  nurtin^-,  nnd  l>y  a  monduM*  who 
voted  in  tlio  mijjoritv;  and  such  motion  slmli  tnkr 
precedence  of  ail  oth -r  (juestions,  except  a  motion  to 
adjourn. 

I.').  When  the  readin;;  of  a  ]»aper  is  called  for  hy  u 
memher,  the  I*resident  shall  direct  the  Secretarv  to 
read  the  same. 

10.  Aiiv  mcnd)er  mav  excuse  himself  from  servin<r 
on  any  (.'ommittee,  tit  the  time  of  his  appointment,  if 
he  is  then  a  mendicr  of  two  other  Committees. 

17.  In  all  eases  of  elect icni  hy  the  Board,  the  vote 
shall  he  taken  hy  ballot. 

18.  The  ayes  and  noes  shall  be  ordered  at  the  re- 
quest of  two  meml>ers. 

19.  When  it  has  been  voted  to  lav  a  motion  on  the 
table,  it  can  only  he  taken  up  at  the  same  meeting  by 
the  consent  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  jjresent. 

20.  All  questions  of  order  not  herein  stated  shall  be 
decided  in  accordance  with  "  Cushin<::'s  Manual." 

21.  Any  section  of  the  forej^oiui;  Rules  and  Orders 
may  he  sii;?pcndcd  hy  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
bers present ;  but  such  suspension  is  not  to  <^o  l)Cyond 
tlie  meeting. 

22.  Alterations  or  amendments  to  these  llules  must 
be  submitted,  in  writiu}^',  at  a  stated  nieetinj^  of  the 


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'Motion  fo 

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RULES   OP   ORDER. 


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Board,  and  shall  lie  over  until  the  succeeding?  stated 
mectinfj,  and  shall  require  the  concurrence  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  menihers  of  said  Board  for  their  ado|)- 
tion. 


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